Sad News

Obituary

Steve Collins (shown on the left) long time Jersey Shore Running Club member and host of numerous parties and get togethers at his home passed away last night.  

Relatives and friends are invited to visit from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Fiore Funeral Home, 882 Broadway, West Long Branch. A Funeral Mass will be offered at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Dorothea's Roman Catholic Church, Eatontown. Entombment will follow at Woodbine Mausoleum, Oceanport. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the David S. Zocchi Brain Tumor Center Research Fund, Monmouth Medical Center, Attn: Dr. Sumul Raval, 300 Second Ave., Long Branch, NJ 07740. Condolences may be emailed to fiorefh@aol.com and will be received by the family.

Two Winners in Marathon

Interesting Story

Seaside Half Marathon

Results - Photos

Finish Photos in time order

The Start of this Year's Seaside Half Marathon

Another huge turn out for the 31st Annual Ocean Running Club Half Marathon held in Seaside Heights.  The weather was on the brisk side but it was the wind that made the difference.  A strong wind from the north held up the runners on their return back from Island Beach State Park.

The men's overall winner was Hector Rivera shown on the left breaking the tape in a time of 1:14:28.  For the women it was Dianne DeOliviera of Brick shown breaking the tape on the right in a time of 1:30:08. 

After the race runners were treated to pasta and salad and many treated themselves to margaritas to celebrate their accomplishments.

Congratulations to Ocean Running Club on another great event.  Everyone is looking forward to the 32nd year.

Among the many club finishers were:  Larrty Perlberg  1:49,  Laura Perlberg  2:06, Christopher Lopez  2:11, Jennifer Berghout  1:58, Christopher Goss 1:50:57, Lori Bogert  1:55:29

Seaside 5K

Results - Photos

The Start of this Year's Seaside 5K

In the accompanying 5K race to the Seaside Half Marathon several hundred runners headed south on the Seaside Heights Boardwalk into the Seaside Park Boardwalk and headed back into the strong northeast wind to the finish. 

The overall men's winner in a time of was Jim Lunski of Allentown in a time of 18:38 and for the women it was Barbara Brennan in a time of. 21:17 

Interlaken 5K

Results - 5K Photos - Kids Race Photos

The Start of This Year's Interlaken 5K

A nice turnout for this year's annual Interlaken 5K .  The weather was on the cool side which made for some ideal running conditions.  Runners started at the Park ands wound through the tree lined streets of the quaint jersey shore town.

In the 5K race the men's winner was in a time of 18:20.  For the women it was in a time of .21:36

Kids Races were held prior to the 5K.  Awards and refreshments were served after the 5K

Congratulations to the Interlaken organizers and all the volunteers who made for an enjoyable event.

Among the many club finishers were: Jack Cheer 22:33(1ag)

Mount Desert Island Marathon

Marge Ascari 4:05:56(5ag)

Atlantic City Marathon

Dalia Viggiano 3:45

Atlantic City Half Marathon

Sutah Robins  2:18, Carolyn Hammel 1:59

Atlantic City 10K

Grace Baretta Perez 59:09, Mike Mykytok 34:04(1st OA)

Shrewsbury 5K

Results

Rohan DeFonseka  21:38(3ag), Susan Grant 25:25 (2 ag)

Steve Collins Update

Steve is home now and anyone wishing to send a card to Steve or his family can send to him at Steve Collins, 83 Bridgewaters Drive, Oceanport, NJ 07757. 

Hudson Mohawk River Marathon

Greg Mendina 2:47:35 (7th OA)

Steamtown Marathon

Results - Article

Karen Charles 2:56:30(3rd F, 41st OA out of 1582) - photo on left, Adam Nalven 3:04:55, Don Griffen 3:11:42, Chris Feeney 3:49:55, Rudolf Rinderer 3:54:10, Sandra Rinderer 4:07:04

NYC Marathon Bus - Get On Board!

Seats Still Available for Runners and Spectators - Sign Up

Bus Instructions for Runners - Runners Busses leaves at 6 AM - Volunteer bus at 8 AM

For those people who signed up instructions were emailed on October 7 - make sure jsrc@hotmail.com is in your email contact list.

NYC Marathon Bus - Sign Up Now for Runners and Spectators - Run or Watch the marathon with your friends from JSRC - Third Bus Added - seats are available but filling up fast  - this will be our last bus so sign up now as seats are still available.  

 Volunteers to work the "Celebrity Finish Line" are also welcome - send email to phinck@comcast.net to volunteer - in the past we have seen people like Katie Holmes, P- Diddy, Lance Armstrong, etc come through our area.

Creaky Bones 5K - Sarasota Fl

Frank Pelcher 26:03

Run Thru Deal

Results - One Mile Photos - 5K Photos

Finish Photos of all Finishers in time order.

The Start of the Annual Run Thru Deal 5K

A Jersey Shore tradition on the second Sunday of October is the Run thru Deal and a large turnout for this year's edition of the race.  With a new distance of 5K (as it turned out it was actually 3.2 Miles) a new tradition was established which will certainly expand in the future. The runners started on Ocean Avenue by the Deal Casino and headed North toward Long Branch before turning in land for a loop back toward Ocean Avenue and the one mile mark  near the Casino where spectators got a good look at the race.  Runners then headed south toward Asbury Park and a return back to the finish directly in front of the Deal Casino. 

The Men's winner was Joe Pawlish of Asbury Park shown finishing on the left  in a time of 17:49 and for the women shown finishing on the right it was Megan Heavey of Ocean in a time of 21:40. 

Congratulations to the JSRC Master's Team for winning the Team Competion.  The team was comprised of Pat Ford, Paul Looney, Ken Vercammen, Steve Apostolacus and Tim Mahoney.

Among the Club Finishers were: Marti Stetter 26:53, Ken Vercammen  20:00(2ag), Jack Cheer 23:34(2ag)

Dottie's House Duathalon

Jaime Gallagher 1:20:03

Hightstown Harvest

Peter Connors 27:40

Rats Race

Photos

Some of the "Rats" posing with the "Big Rat"  at the Annual Rat Race.

Runners were bussed out to the start at Mulligans for the start of the Annual Rat Race held in Wall Twp.  The runners then ran through trails, briar, streams, forded streams and run through muck on a course only marked with flour.  The runners meandered through the course for over an hour and wound up back at Mulligan's where they had a complimentary beer before being bussed back to Pat's 30 Acres for a huge party with hot dogs, hamburgers, enchiladas, tacos, ziti and of course quality draft beer. Lots of scrapes from the briar but everyone made it back - or at least it looked that way.

Among the Club Finishers were: Sutah Robins - 3 hours 30 minutes - must have got lost in the woods!

Hi Honey. I’m Home. Sorry I’m Late 

...but I have an excuse

 By Sutah Robins, Marathon Maniac

 It was a pleasant sunny morning for a hash. What's a hash you ask? I describe it thus. It's ALL FUN AND GAMES TIL SOMONE GETS HURT or lost. A club run through nature.

 It all starts with no one bleeding. No twisted ankles. All laughs and a buoyant glowing feeling of camaraderie. A few feet of lighthearted blithesome jogging the run in reality rears it's ugly bramble. Eager to get started We were told to follow the flour trail. Look for the orange flags. If you come upon a circle of flour it’s called a rat hole and the trail must be relocated which could be 100 yards in ANY direction. You can imagine this would take several people to accomplish because one person has to remain on the original trail. There are also false trails.

 “On on” we are off on the flour trail through a copse. I am with lead pack. Up the hill we charge to a waiting colorful "time for change" bus.

 Little did i know “time for change”  was a WARNING to all runners with exposed legs and arms. Me, for instance. dressed again as minnie mouse complete with little black ears. The bus took us to the the edge of the woods; where those of us on the first bus waited for another group of aint-this-a-gas rats.

 As we stood along the curb enjoying the morning i was admonished that i would probably want to remove my Minnie Mouse ears as there were lots of low hanging branches ahead. The ever so kind harrier hasher also told the pack there was a prize for the most blood. "hmmph, not me", I mused to myself. I quipped back "Is there something for the skin-like-silk runner?" he looked at me puzzled then turned away to talk hash to a few of the tall well covered men at his side.

 A few minutes later a cocky young man ran up and announced he didn't wait to take the bus. Someone turned to him and said "dude, this isn't a race. have you ever run a hash before?" The would be rat replied, "no, but I HAVE run 7 marathons."

I couldn't resist..."ya, me too. 7 marathons in 7 weeks is my best streak. but i can run one a month if i'm feeling like it."  He sidled over to another cluster of folk to impress.

 As soon as the second wave of runners arrived one of the organizers took off. We began running through the woods as  the JSRC newsletter described. (www.jsrc.org) Muck, mud, ankle high briars, trees, fallen branches, fast moving streams. Possibly a sewer drain.  We ran well together. I took off my earphones and could listen for a whistle, a horn or  "on on" (which meant head for that voice, that rat has found flour or an orange flag).

 About 45 minutes into the hunting for flour and calling for us to follow i left the pack to backtrack. “my little red bow on my sleeve! Where’s my bow?”  I got as far as the sounds of whish-whish of the cars passing on hwy 34. no bow. I ran back to where I thought I had last seen runners looking for a fresh trail. Not knowing what conclusion they had come to as the true trail I started screaming “check! Check!!!!”

No, not for a waiter. “check check” is yelled out in hopes someone nearby is “on on”.

I ran aimlessly back and forth listening and “checking”. I came upon two guys peeing on an improvised pee-here-tree. Note to self: new stream. the three of us set off together. “I’m Jeff!” “I’m Dave!” “I’m Minnie Mouse!!!!! Which way Jeff and Dave?“ Jeff admitted he is not up to the task of leader as he knows “tail or trail”  if he feels it’s right he’s wrong. Great. I put him in the lead anyway because his shoes were made for razin”.

Several false trails, and then… there was no trail. No flags. No flour. We are now about an hour and a half into the seek and find. Maybe  longer. Hard to tell. None of us had a watch or a phone. Every once in a while we would come across a pink ribbon but no orange flags. I found an empty bag of flour. I took that as a good sign. Literally. I took it. My baggie of lip gloss and cheez-its was now punctured.

 We wandered. Entangled in briars that are now waist high. Forget flour. Eyes peeled for orange flags. “hey, there’s a  pink ribbon?” I mentioned to my club companions that the race director did not  say anything about pink ribbons. We decided to follow them anyway because there was nothing else to look for. Jeff suggested we head for the sounds of the  airport.

 Off again, er, I mean, still “off” we stomp through twigs, briars and mud trying to trample a path of least resistance. Jeff turned back to us. “I can not believe I am traipsing around out here all morning. My daughter is waiting for me. Her name is Kayley“  "who cares!” I shout ahead to him.  I've lost my lipstick!. The name is Laura Mercier".  Told you those briars were waist high.  Mind you, upon discovery of lost aforementioned I stuffed what was left of my possessions in the flour bag. I take a quick  personal effects inventory:

 1Ripped baggie, 1 free beer coupon from Mulligan’s, 1 small bag of cheez-its, 1 nat sherman cigarette, 1 pink bic lighter.

 Then I feel my head. Pat pat pat. NO EARS.

 Finally, we came across a dirt road, we have abandoned all hope of finding spilled flour or orange flags.  HELLO!! two ratty looking wenches came out of the woods. We embraced. They were lost. Even so, I breathed an inner sigh of relief I would not have to carry on earth's population alone. Evenly matched we found a rat hole (a circle of flour). Elated we forged ahead. Now on a wide path through the bushes and trees. Alas, it narrowed and narrowed until we were single file complaining about our decision to attempt a hash.

 Another half an hour passed and we… wait, what?!!! Shhhhhhh. muffled Voices!  yes. yes. human. “CHECK CHECK!”  We charge through the brush and what have we here?  well, well, well we have:

3 men to add to our party and HELLO!!!!!! one is clutching a FISTFUL OF ORANGE FLAGS. And, I kid you not he was wearing my ears.

 He asks "where did you guys COME FROM?" and I demand he tell me why why why he's carrying THE ORANGE MARKERS. He sputtered that  he is the sweepman. Dear race director. Be proud of your man. He didn't miss a one.

 I am still seething and adding up the bleeding scratches on my legs and arms, when TA DA!  Sweeperman whips out a cell phone and calls the camp. turns out...he's lost too. he asked that the camp send someone to blow a horn, a whistle.  The camper responds "follow your shadows."

 Our shadows lead us even deeper into the woods. We are hindered by close growing briars that reach over our heads we ducked through best we could on I was whimpering silently. cursing loudly. bleeding profusely. (i have my mind on that award now.)

 At long last one of the men in front calls back that he sees power lines.  With each angry stomp and determined kick I  and am caught  around the ankles and fall to the ground. 

 I look back as I untangle myself and note Dave and Jeff have ditched us to relocate one of the dirt roads that we weren't supposed to cross “without a posted volunteer“. The rest of us make it to the power lines and the highway!!!!!!!!! HI way! nice to see you. nice to feel nothing but fresh air around me.

 We hailed a passing car. No telling what the driver imagined as she saw a man with a fist full of little orange flags, a bleeding Minnie Mouse with no ears followed by the last of the rat pack. “where are we? “ she advised us to go straight ahead to hurley pond road, see the Mulligan‘s? Sweeperman asked if she would mind giving the girls a ride to Mulligan’s. Too late. I am already 100 yards ahead. I‘ve got a bus to catch. “On ON” the right road, we raced each other to Mulligan’s where most of the jubilant experienced hasher were enjoying a cold draft (and probably warm gooey cheese sticks. rats.)  Jersey Shore Running Club’s Tom peeks  his head out and asked me "are you just now finishing?" uh, yes tom. that would be correct.

The "time for a change" bus pulls into mulligan's carrying a third load of well fed finishers from base camp’s free beers and bar b q. Laughing and talking they skip down the steps of the bus to redeem that  free beer coupon we were handed at the start.  i limp up and in. I have to wait for the bus to fill. As Hashers file past me they ask “damn! can I take a picture of your legs?” “No,no wait man, you get in the picture with her and I’ll take one for both of us,” “Wow, minnie. A-MAZing”

 On the bus ride back to Camp Dave, the JSRC trumpeter; rat hasher patiently explained to me the difference between a hash and a Hashathon. Interested? Blood.

 When i staggered in to camp I cried. I cried because I was home at last. I cried because I should have changed. I cried because the awards had already been dispersed. mostly, i cried because my body had bloody gashes from toe to bow.

 3 and a half hours later i am finished.   If anyone is running this next year look down… not only for flour.  A stream of urine. One minnie mouse bow. Oh, and my lip gloss, if you see it... follow your shadow.

Little Silver 5K

Marisa Schmidt 29:12 (PR)

Allaire 5K Results Now Available

Jersey Shore Half Marathon

Results - Photos - Atlantic Herald Article

Finish Photos in Time Order

The Start of this Year's Jersey Shore Half Marathon

A large turn out for this year's Annual Jersey Shore Half Marathon held on Sandy Hook.  The weather was near ideal with cool temperatures and an overcast sky with the sun barely peeking through the clouds as the runners made their way though the 13.1 Mile two loop course between the Atlantic Ocean and the Sandy Hook bay. 

It was a "DeOliviera: Day with the men's winner was Paulo DeOliviera in a time of 1:13:43  followed by JSRC's Luciano DeOliviera in a time of 1:18:38.  For the women it was JSRC's Diane Petrizelli in a time of 1:25:34 followed by JSRC's Dianne DeOliviera who "Breezed " through the course in a time of. 1:29:57 

Among the many club finishers were: Marge Ascari 1:49:49, Michael Studer 1:33:40, Graham Wisdom 1:49:52, Sutah ("Minnie")Robins 2:01 , Greg Kimmet 2:01:13

Celebrity Appearance at the Jersey Shore Half Start

Lighthouse 5K

Results - Photos

Finish Photos in Time Order

The Start of the Lighthouse 5K

The Lighthouse 5K was held in conjunction with the Jersey Shore Half Marathon and started 5 minutes after the Half went of.  A good sized field competed in the event which went north and then returned past the start for a loop back to the finish line.  In the race the men's winner was Mike Myktok  in a time of 15:39 and for the women it was Danielle Schweers in a time of 21:24.

Congratulations to Shore AC and all the volunteers who made for another successful event.

Runners were treated to a post race barbecue, hot soup, plenty of fruits and lots of awards to the top finishers as well as random awards

Club Finishers included: Jim Malone 29:48., Chris Fotache 22:02(1ag)

Cross Country Series Continues This Saturday

Saturday, October 11,, 9 AM, Cross Country Series, Wolf Hill Park, Oceanport

McCormick Run 

Results - Photos

Bassman Sprint Triathlon

Bob Both 1:35:44(3ag), Wendy McKnight 1:47:41

Army Ten Miler

Jaime Gallagher 1:29:06

Shark Run

Nicole Stallone26:50(3ag), Paulette Stallone 25:20

East Brunswick 5K

George Wallace 24:52, Karen Gregory 28:59(2ag), Ken Vercammen 19:11 (2ag)

A Night of Two Authors

Wednesday, October 8, 7 PM  - Shore Runner

Bart Asso of Runner's World and Coach GP will be at Shore Runner this Wednesday to discus their new books starting at 7 PM.

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JSRC Runner's Forum Returns

JSRC Runner's Forum - Register Today! 

The Runner's Forum has returned to the JSRC Web Site courtesy of Scott Crawford.  Sign In and Post Something. Comment on a race, suggest something, look for a training partner, etc.  Click here to access the Forum.

We will be improving the forum as we go along. But register now - the more people the better. 

Attn Race Directors or anyone else for that matter - we are trying to compile a list of course maps - there a thread on the forum to post the course of your race or any suggested running route.  Its a great way to get the word out on your event.  When we get a bunch we will post them all in one place.  You can map your course very easily at www.mapmyrun.com

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